OCZ heatsink touching...???

[hobbitfeet]

I just got some more ram for my system and put it in.
But the heatsinks are touching my old ram's heatsinks.

Is this a problem?

Ram:
Old-2x512mb Gold Ed. Gx XTC pc 5400
New-2x1gb Gold Ed. XTC pc 6400

Motherboard:
Ga-965p-DS3

Thanks for any help.

 

[The_OGS]

I know - the slots are kinda close together and using 4 sticks, they get real chummy
No worries though - they won't overheat within spec.
If you are running them very hard ie. overclocked with tight timings, and ~2.1 or 2.2V, and you have poor case ventilation, it would be something to keep an eye on...
In that (total top-performance) situation you would probably want to run just 2GB memory and yank the other 1GB.
3GB is lots! Maybe you could sell the 2 x 512MB to someone...?
Regards

 

[hobbitfeet]

Thanks for the reply.

I know 3gb is a lot but I do a lot of 3D design/Animation aswell Photo & video editing.

I have an Enermax Phoenix Case with a 25cm/90cfm fan on the side.
An 8cm fan in front and an other in back with a Big Typhoon HSF on my cpu.

I will mostly likely be running the ram a the stock values for the pc 5400
and not the pc 6400 values.
(ie: 4-4-4-12, 1.9V)

 

[Mondoman]

Make sure they're not bent. I had a set with one of the spreaders slightly bowed, so I gently bent it back straight. Just lay the module down on a flat surface on both sides to check if its flat/straight.